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21 no servir para nada
= be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naughtEx. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.Ex. Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience -- and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.Ex. This, however, was of no avail, for the whole cavity, including the external meatus, was gradually obliterated.Ex. However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom.Ex. But the intrigue and suspense that the movie was constructing ended up all being for naught, as it ultimately failed to live up to its mystery.* * *= be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naughtEx: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.
Ex: Though the national media will ignore his candidacy, the politically pure of heart will be able to vote their conscience -- and once again have a grand old Quixotic time pissing into the wind.Ex: This, however, was of no avail, for the whole cavity, including the external meatus, was gradually obliterated.Ex: However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom.Ex: But the intrigue and suspense that the movie was constructing ended up all being for naught, as it ultimately failed to live up to its mystery. -
22 oficio
m.1 trade.de oficio by trade2 job (trabajo).no tener oficio ni beneficio to have no trade3 official minute (document).4 service (religion) (ceremonia).el Santo oficio the Holy Office, the Inquisitionoficio de difuntos funeral service5 function, role.6 occupation, job, profession, service.7 craft.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: oficiar.* * *1 (ocupación) job, occupation; (especializado) trade2 (función) role, function3 (comunicado oficial) official letter, official note4 RELIGIÓN service\de oficio by tradeser del oficio to be in the tradeno tener ni oficio ni beneficio to be idleoficio de difuntos funeral massoficio divino divine officeel Santo Oficio the Holy Office, the Inquisition* * *noun m.1) occupation, trade2) craft* * *SM1) (=profesión) tradesin oficio ni beneficio —
un pobre temporero sin oficio ni beneficio — just a poor seasonal worker without a penny to his name
se encontró sin oficio ni beneficio al salir del colegio — he found himself with no means of earning a living when he left school
2) (=función) functionel oficio de esta pieza es de... — what this part does is...
3)abogado 1)de oficio: miembro de oficio — ex officio member
4) (=comunicado) official letter5) (Rel) service, massoficio de difuntos — funeral service, mass for the dead, office for the dead
6)Santo Oficio — ( Hist) Holy Office, Inquisition
7)8) (=trascocina) scullery* * *1) ( trabajo) tradeser del oficio — (fam) to be a hooker (sl), to be on the game (BrE colloq)
sin oficio ni beneficio: un vago sin oficio ni beneficio — a lazy bum (AmE colloq), a good-for-nothing layabout (BrE)
2)a) ( comunicación oficial) official lettertamaño oficio — (AmS) foolscap
b) (Der)3) (Relig) service, office•* * *= craft, occupation, trade.Ex. He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.Ex. Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.----* abogado de oficio = legal aid.* aprender los trucos del oficio = learn + the ropes.* aprendizaje de un oficio = apprenticeship.* casa de oficios = vocational school.* ejercer un oficio = ply + Posesivo + trade.* envío de oficio = blanket order.* ex oficio = ex officio.* gaje del oficio = occupational hazard.* riesgo del oficio = occupational hazard.* truco del oficio = trade trick, trick of the trade.* trucos del oficio = tips of the trade.* * *1) ( trabajo) tradeser del oficio — (fam) to be a hooker (sl), to be on the game (BrE colloq)
sin oficio ni beneficio: un vago sin oficio ni beneficio — a lazy bum (AmE colloq), a good-for-nothing layabout (BrE)
2)a) ( comunicación oficial) official lettertamaño oficio — (AmS) foolscap
b) (Der)3) (Relig) service, office•* * *= craft, occupation, trade.Ex: He draws a distinction between a craft, based on customary activities and modified by the trial and error of individual practice, and a profession.
Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.Ex: Non-bibliographic data bases are particularly used for businesses and industry to extract information in the fields of business, economics, trade and commerce.* abogado de oficio = legal aid.* aprender los trucos del oficio = learn + the ropes.* aprendizaje de un oficio = apprenticeship.* casa de oficios = vocational school.* ejercer un oficio = ply + Posesivo + trade.* envío de oficio = blanket order.* ex oficio = ex officio.* gaje del oficio = occupational hazard.* riesgo del oficio = occupational hazard.* truco del oficio = trade trick, trick of the trade.* trucos del oficio = tips of the trade.* * *A (trabajo) tradeera carpintero de oficio he was a carpenter by tradeaprender un oficio to learn a tradeB1 (comunicación oficial) official letterdespachar or mandar un oficio to send an official lettertamaño oficio (Col, CS); foolscap2actuar de oficio to act on one's own initiativeC ( Relig) service, officelos oficios de Semana Santa the Holy Week services o officesCompuesto:mass o office for the deadD ( Arquit) utility room* * *
Del verbo oficiar: ( conjugate oficiar)
oficio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
ofició es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
oficiar
oficio
oficio sustantivo masculino
1 ( trabajo) trade;
2 (Der)
3 (Relig) service, office
oficio sustantivo masculino
1 trade
(profesión) job, occupation
2 (comunicación oficial) official letter o note
abogado de oficio, state-appointed lawyer
3 Rel service
' oficio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abogacía
- abogada
- abogado
- albañilería
- alfarería
- artesanía
- auditoría
- basurero
- carpintería
- censor
- censora
- contabilidad
- costura
- de
- ejercer
- encuadernación
- enfermería
- equivocar
- ser
- escribanía
- gajes
- grabada
- grabado
- gremio
- maestra
- maestro
- peletería
- peluquería
- repostería
- soldador
- soldadora
- truco
- vaquera
- vaquero
- artilugio
- funeral
English:
craft
- occupational
- office
- ply
- priesthood
- service
- trade
- trick
- apprenticeship
- inquisition
* * *oficio nm1. [profesión manual] trade;de oficio by trade2. [trabajo] job;Famno tener oficio ni beneficio to have no trade;Euf el oficio más viejo del mundo the oldest profession (in the world) [diligencia] judicial proceedings4. [documento] official minutese llegó a un acuerdo gracias a los buenos oficios del ministro an agreement was reached thanks to the good offices of the ministeroficio de difuntos funeral service7. [función] function, role8. [comunicación] communiqué, official notice* * *m1 trabajo trade;sin oficio ni beneficio fam with no trade2:abogado de oficio public defender, Br duty solicitor3:Santo Oficio HIST Holy Office, Inquisition* * *oficio nm1) : trade, professiones electricista de oficio: he's an electrician by trade2) : function, role3) : official communication4) : experiencetener oficio: to be experienced5) : religious ceremony* * *oficio n1. (profesión) job2. (trabajo manual) trade3. (acto religioso) service -
23 ser una raya en el agua
(v.) = be good for nothingEx. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.* * *(v.) = be good for nothingEx: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.
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24 muerto
adj.1 dead, deceased, defunct, demised.2 dead, asleep, benumbed, numbed.3 dead-like, slothful, sluggish.4 dead, without electricity.5 discharged, without charge.f. & m.1 dead person, corpse, dead man.2 speed ramp, sleeping policeman.past part.past participle of spanish verb: morir.* * *1 familiar drag, bore————————1→ link=morir morir► adjetivo1 (sin vida) dead; (sin actividad) lifeless3 (marchito) faded, withered► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 dead person (cadáver) corpse2 (víctima) victim1 familiar drag, bore\dejar muerto,-a a alguien familiar (de cansancio) to finish somebody off 2 (de asombro) to leave somebody dumbfoundedcaer muerto,-a to drop deadcargar con el muerto to be left holding the babycargarle el muerto a alguien to pass the buck to somebodyhacer el muerto (en el agua) to float on one's backhacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead'Muerto en combate' "Killed in action"no tener dónde caerse muerto,-a not to have a penny to one's nameser un/una muerto,-a de hambre to be a good-for-nothing¡tus muertos! tabú up yours!medio muerto,-a half-dead* * *1. (f. - muerta)adj.2. (f. - muerta)noun* * *muerto, -a1.PP de morir2. ADJ1) [persona, animal] dead•
dar por muerto a algn — to give sb up for dead•
ser muerto a tiros — to be shot, be shot dead•
vivo o muerto — dead or alive- estar muerto y enterradoángulo, cal, lengua, marea, naturaleza, punto, tiempo, vía2) * [para exagerar]a) (=cansado) dead tired *, ready to drop *después del viaje estábamos muertos — we were dead tired o ready to drop after the journey *
b) (=sin animación) deadc)• estar muerto de algo, estaba muerto de la envidia — I was green with envy
me voy a la cama, que estoy muerta de sueño — I'm going to bed, I'm dead tired *
estoy muerta de cansancio — I'm dead tired o dog tired *, I'm ready to drop *
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estar muerto de risa — [persona] to laugh one's head off, kill o.s. laughing; [casa] to be going to rack and ruin; Esp [ropa] to be gathering dustestaba muerto de risa con sus chistes — I laughed my head off at his jokes, I killed myself laughing at his jokes
3) (=relajado) [brazo, mano] limp4) (=apagado) [color] dull3. SM / F1) (=persona muerta)[en accidente, guerra]¿ha habido muertos en el accidente? — was anyone killed in the accident?
el conflicto ha causado 45.000 muertos — the conflict has caused 45,000 deaths o the deaths of 45,000 people
el número de muertos va en aumento — the death toll o the number of deaths is rising
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doblar a muerto — to toll the death knell•
los muertos — the dead•
tocar a muerto — to toll the death knellni muerto * —
resucitar a un muerto —
esta sopa resucita a un muerto — hum this soup really hits the spot *
2) * (=cadáver) body•
hacer el muerto — to float¿sabes hacer el muerto boca arriba? — can you float on your back?
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hacerse el muerto — to pretend to be dead4. SM1) * (=tarea pesada) drag *¡vaya muerto que nos ha caído encima! — Esp what a drag! *
lo siento, pero te ha tocado a ti el muerto de decírselo al jefe — I'm sorry, but you've drawn the short straw - you've got to tell the boss
ese muerto yo no me lo cargo, yo soy inocente — I'm not taking the blame o rap *, I'm innocent
siempre me cargan con el muerto de cuidar a los niños — I always get lumbered with looking after the children
a mí no me cargas tú ese muerto, yo no tengo nada que ver en este asunto — don't try and pin the blame on me, I've got nothing to do with this
2) (Naipes) dummyDÍA DE LOS MUERTOS 2 November, All Souls' Day, called the Día de los Muertos elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world and Día de los Difuntos in Spain, is the day when Christians throughout the Spanish-speaking world traditionally honour their dead. In Mexico the festivities are particularly spectacular with a week-long festival, starting on 1 November, in which Christian and ancient pagan customs are married. 1 November itself is for children who have died, while 2 November is set aside for adults. Families meet to take food, flowers and sweets in the shape of skeletons, coffins and crosses to the graves of their loved ones. In Spain people celebrate the Día de los Difuntos by taking flowers to the cemetery. 20-N N 20-N is commonly used as shorthand to refer to the anniversary of General Franco's death on 20 November 1975. Every year supporters of the far right hold a commemorative rally in Madrid's Plaza de Oriente, the scene of many of Franco's speeches to the people.* * *I- ta adjetivo1) [ESTAR]a) <persona/animal/planta> deadresultaron muertos 30 mineros — 30 miners died o were killed
muerto y enterrado — dead and buried, over and done with (colloq)
b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo)muerto DE algo: estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq); estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq); muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa — he was laughing his head off
2) (como pp) (period)3)a) <pueblo/zona> dead, lifelessb) ( inerte) limpc) <carretera/camino> disusedII- ta masculino, femenino1) ( persona muerta)hubo dos muertos — two people died o were killed
lo juro por mis muertos — (fam) I swear on my mother's grave
cargar con el muerto — (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work
se fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto — they took off and left me to pick up the tab (colloq)
cargarle el muerto a alguien — (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on somebody; ( endilgarle la tarea) to give somebody the dirty work (colloq)
ser un muerto de hambre — (fam) to be a nobody (colloq)
* * *= dead, deceased, dulled, dead and buried, dead and gone.Ex. The newcomer to the subject may be forgiven for concluding that the concept of post-coordinate indexing is dead.Ex. Deceased persons of high renown in these fields will also be included.Ex. Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.Ex. The article 'Is horror dead and buried?' discusses the current state of the horror fiction market, and how predictions of its collapse have failed to materialize.Ex. The article is entitled 'Who's gonna take out the garbage when I'm dead and gone? New roles for leaders'.----* ángulo muerto = blind spot.* bebé que nace muerto = stillbirth [still-birth].* caerse muerto = drop + dead.* cargar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* causar muertos = take + a toll on life.* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* dado por muerto = presumed dead.* declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.* doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.* estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.* fingir estar muerto = feign + death.* hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.* hacerse el muerto = play + possum, play + dead.* hombre muerto = goner.* lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.* manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.* más que muerto = dead and buried.* materia muerta = dead matter, inanimate matter.* mosquita muerta = butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.* muerto de cansancio = tired to death.* muerto de curiosidad = agog.* muerto de frío = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* muerto en combate = killed in action.* muerto en vida = living dead.* muertos, los = slain, the, dead, the.* muerto viviente = living dead.* muerto y bien muerto = dead and buried.* nacido muerto = stillborn.* ¡ni muerto! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.* no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.* número de muertos = death toll.* oler a perros muertos = stink to + high heaven.* pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* punto muerto = stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.* revista muerta = inactive journal.* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* supuestamente muerto = presumed dead.* tema muerto = dead issue.* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).* tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.* * *I- ta adjetivo1) [ESTAR]a) <persona/animal/planta> deadresultaron muertos 30 mineros — 30 miners died o were killed
muerto y enterrado — dead and buried, over and done with (colloq)
b) (fam) ( cansado) dead beat (colloq)c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo)muerto DE algo: estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq); estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq); muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa — he was laughing his head off
2) (como pp) (period)3)a) <pueblo/zona> dead, lifelessb) ( inerte) limpc) <carretera/camino> disusedII- ta masculino, femenino1) ( persona muerta)hubo dos muertos — two people died o were killed
lo juro por mis muertos — (fam) I swear on my mother's grave
cargar con el muerto — (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work
se fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto — they took off and left me to pick up the tab (colloq)
cargarle el muerto a alguien — (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on somebody; ( endilgarle la tarea) to give somebody the dirty work (colloq)
ser un muerto de hambre — (fam) to be a nobody (colloq)
* * *= dead, deceased, dulled, dead and buried, dead and gone.Ex: The newcomer to the subject may be forgiven for concluding that the concept of post-coordinate indexing is dead.
Ex: Deceased persons of high renown in these fields will also be included.Ex: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.Ex: The article 'Is horror dead and buried?' discusses the current state of the horror fiction market, and how predictions of its collapse have failed to materialize.Ex: The article is entitled 'Who's gonna take out the garbage when I'm dead and gone? New roles for leaders'.* ángulo muerto = blind spot.* bebé que nace muerto = stillbirth [still-birth].* caerse muerto = drop + dead.* cargar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* causar muertos = take + a toll on life.* comprar hasta caer muerto = shop 'til you drop.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* dado por muerto = presumed dead.* declarar muerto = declare + dead, pronounce + dead.* doblar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo = dead men have no friends.* estar muerto de asco = be bored to death, be bored stiff, be bored to tears, be bored out of + Posesivo + mind.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.* estar muerto de sed = spit + feathers, be parched, be parched with thirst.* fingir estar muerto = feign + death.* hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.* hacerse el muerto = play + possum, play + dead.* hombre muerto = goner.* lengua muerta = dead language, dead tongue.* manuscritos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* Mar Muerto, el = Dead Sea, the.* más que muerto = dead and buried.* materia muerta = dead matter, inanimate matter.* mosquita muerta = butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.* muerto de cansancio = tired to death.* muerto de curiosidad = agog.* muerto de frío = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* muerto en combate = killed in action.* muerto en vida = living dead.* muertos, los = slain, the, dead, the.* muerto viviente = living dead.* muerto y bien muerto = dead and buried.* nacido muerto = stillborn.* ¡ni muerto! = Not on your life!, You won't catch me doing it.* no acercarse a Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no hacer Algo ni muerto = would not touch + Nombre + with a barge pole.* no tener donde caerse muerto = not have two pennies to rub together.* número de muertos = death toll.* oler a perros muertos = stink to + high heaven.* pasar el muerto = pass + the bucket.* punto muerto = stalemate, dead end street, deadlock, standoff.* resucitar a los muertos = raise + the dead.* revista muerta = inactive journal.* rollos del Mar Muerto, los = Dead Sea Scrolls, the.* supuestamente muerto = presumed dead.* tema muerto = dead issue.* tener cara de muerto = look like + death warmed (over/up).* tiempo muerto = downtime, time out.* tocar a muerto = sound + the death knell for.* trabajar hasta caer muerto = work + Reflexivo + to the ground, work + Reflexivo + to death.* * *A [ ESTAR]1 ‹persona/animal/planta› deadsus padres están muertos her parents are deadresultaron muertos 30 mineros 30 miners died o were killedse busca vivo o muerto wanted dead or alivelo dieron por muerto he was given up for deadsoldados muertos en combate soldiers who died in actionlo encontraron más muerto que vivo ( fam); when they found him he was more dead than alivemuerto y enterrado dead and buried, over and done with ( colloq)3 ( fam) (pasando, padeciendo) muerto DE algo:estábamos muertos de hambre/frío/sueño we were starving/freezing/dead-tired ( colloq)estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff ( colloq), he was rigid with fearmuerto de angustia sick with worrymuerto de (la) risa ( fam): estaba muerto de risa delante del televisor he was sitting in front of the television laughing his head off o killing himself laughingun vestido tan caro y lo tienes ahí muerto de risa that's a really expensive dress and you leave it just gathering dust ( colloq)fue muerto a tiros he was shot deadlas dos personas que fueron muertas por los terroristas the two people killed by the terroristsC1 ‹pueblo/zona› dead, lifeless2 (inerte) limpdeja la mano muerta relax your hand, let your hand go limp o floppymasculine, feminineA(persona muerta): hubo dos muertos en el accidente two people died o were killed in the accidentlos muertos de la guerra the war deadlas campanas doblaron or tocaron a muerto the bells sounded the death knell ( liter)lo juro por mis muertos ( fam); I swear on my mother's grave o lifehacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead, play possumcargar con el muerto ( fam): como nadie se ofrece, siempre tengo que cargar con el muerto nobody else volunteers so I'm always left to do the dirty workse fueron sin pagar y me tocó cargar con el muerto they took off and left me to pick up the tab ( colloq)ese muerto no lo cargo yo don't look at me! ( colloq)cargarle el muerto a algn ( fam) (responsabilizar) to pin the blame on sb; (endilgarle la tarea) to give sb the dirty work ( colloq)está como para resucitar a los muertos it goes right to the spot o really hits the spot ( colloq)hacer el muerto to float on one's backponer los muertos: en esa guerra nosotros hemos puesto los muertos we provided the cannon fodder in that warun muerto de hambre ( fam): no comas de esa manera, que pareces un muerto de hambre don't eat like that, anyone would think you hadn't had a meal in weeksuna chica tan bien y se ha casado con ese muerto de hambre such a nice girl and she's gone and got married to that nobody ( colloq)el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo dead men have no friendsB* * *
Del verbo morir: ( conjugate morir)
muerto es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
morir
muerto
morir ( conjugate morir) verbo intransitivo
murió asesinada she was murdered;
muerto DE algo ‹de vejez/cáncer› to die of sth;
murió de hambre she starved to death;
¡y allí muere! (AmC fam) and that's all there is to it!
morirse verbo pronominal [persona/animal/planta] to die;
se me murió la perra my dog died;
no te vas a muerto por ayudarlo (fam) it won't kill you to help him (colloq);
como se entere me muero (fam) I'll die if she finds out (colloq);
muertose DE algo ‹de un infarto/de cáncer› to die of sth;
se moría de miedo/aburrimiento he was scared stiff/bored stiff;
me muero de frío I'm freezing;
me estoy muriendo de hambre I'm starving (colloq);
me muero por una cerveza I'm dying for a beer (colloq);
se muere por verla he's dying to see her (colloq)
muerto -ta adjetivo
1 [ESTAR]
resultaron muertos 30 mineros 30 miners died o were killed;
caer muerto to drop dead
c) (fam) (pasando, padeciendo):◊ estar muerto de hambre/frío/sueño to be starving/freezing/dead-tired (colloq);
estaba muerto de miedo he was scared stiff (colloq);
muerto de (la) risa (fam): estaba muerto de risa he was laughing his head off
2
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 ( persona muerta):◊ hubo dos muertos two people died o were killed;
hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead;
cargar con el muerto (fam) ( con un trabajo pesado) to do the dirty work;
cargarle el muerto a algn (fam) ( responsabilizar) to pin the blame on sb;
( endilgarle la tarea) to give sb the dirty work (colloq);
2
morir verbo intransitivo to die
morir de agotamiento/hambre, to die of exhaustion/starvation
muerto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (sin vida) dead
2 (cansado) exhausted
3 (ciudad, pueblo) dead
horas muertas, spare time
Dep tiempo muerto, time-out
4 (uso enfático) muerto de frío/miedo, frozen/scared to death
muerto de hambre, starving
muerto de risa, laughing one's head off
5 Auto (en) punto muerto, (in) neutral
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (cadáver) dead person
2 (tarea fastidiosa) dirty job
3 (víctima de accidente) fatality
4 fam LAm empty bottle
' muerto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dar
- desaparecida
- desaparecido
- fiambre
- fosa
- interfecta
- interfecto
- muerta
- punto
- reposar
- resucitar
- risa
- seca
- seco
- tiempo
- velar
- yacer
- caer
- carroña
- disecar
- sepultar
English:
accidentally
- body
- born
- coast
- convulse
- dead
- Dead Sea
- dead weight
- deadbeat
- deadlock
- death
- envy
- for
- fur
- good
- half
- half-dead
- impasse
- late
- life
- name
- neutral
- parched
- penny
- play
- possum
- read
- sick
- stalemate
- stand-off
- stiff
- stillbirth
- stillborn
- stone
- be
- brain
- carcass
- famished
- fatality
- fear
- flop
- free
- grind
- half-
- petrified
- pronounce
- stab
- still
- stuck
* * *muerto, -a♦ participiover morir♦ adj1. [sin vida] dead;caer muerto to drop dead;dar por muerto a alguien to give sb up for dead;varios transeúntes resultaron muertos a number of passers-by were killed;este sitio está muerto en invierno this place is dead in winter;estar muerto de frío to be freezing to death;estar muerto de hambre to be starving;estar muerto de miedo to be scared to death;estábamos muertos de risa we nearly died laughing;Famestar muerto de risa [objeto] to be lying around doing nothing;estar más muerto que vivo de hambre/cansancio to be half dead with hunger/exhaustion;Amestar muerto por alguien [enamorado] to be head over heels in love with sb;no tiene dónde caerse muerto he doesn't have a penny to his name;muerto el perro, se acabó la rabia the best way to solve a problem is to attack its root causeestoy que me caigo muerto I'm fit to dropmuerto en combate killed in action4. [color] dull♦ nm,f1. [fallecido] dead person;[cadáver] corpse;hubo dos muertos two people died;hacer el muerto [sobre el agua] to float on one's back;hacerse el muerto to pretend to be dead, to play dead;las campanas tocaban a muerto the bells were tolling the death knell;Famcargar con el muerto [trabajo, tarea] to be left holding the baby;[culpa] to get the blame; Fam [culpa] to put the blame on sb; Famun muerto de hambre: se casó con un muerto de hambre she married a man who didn't have a penny to his name;el muerto al hoyo y el vivo al bollo life goes on (in spite of everything)2.los muertos [los fallecidos] the dead;el ejército derrotado enterraba a sus muertos the defeated army was burying its dead;resucitar de entre los muertos to rise from the dead;Vulg¡(me cago en) tus muertos! you motherfucker!♦ nm[en naipes] dummy hand* * *I part → morirII adj dead;muerto de hambre starving; fig, desp penniless, down and out;muerto de sueño dead-tired;más muerto que vivo fig half-dead;no tener dónde caerse muerto fam be as poor as a church mouse famcolgar(le) a alguien el muerto fig get s.o. to do the dirty work* * *muerto, -ta adj1) : dead2) : lifeless, flat, dull3)muerto de : dying ofestoy muerto de hambre: I'm dying of hungermuerto, -ta nmdifunto: dead person, deceased* * *muerto1 adj dead -
25 mangante
adj.1 good-for-nothing (informal) (sinvergüenza). (peninsular Spanish)2 thieving.f. & m.1 good-for-nothing, layabout (sinvergüenza).2 thief.* * ** * *thief* * *
mangante mf
1 (ladrón, carterista) pickpocket, pilferer
2 (estafador, aprovechado) scrounger
* * *♦ adj1. [sinvergüenza] good-for-nothing2. [ladrón] thieving♦ nmf1. [sinvergüenza] good-for-nothing, layabout2. [ladrón] thief* * *m/f popthief -
26 avivar
v.1 to rekindle (sentimiento).2 to arouse, to light up, to enkindle, to kindle.Las rosas avivaron la pasión The roses aroused the passion.3 to stir up, to excite, to animate, to awaken.La música aviva la fiesta Music stirs up the party.4 to stoke.El combustible aviva las calderas The fuel stokes the boilers.* * *1 (fuego) to stoke (up)2 (anhelos, deseos) to enliven3 (pasiones, dolor) to intensify4 (paso) to quicken5 (colores, luz) to brighten up1 to become brighter, become livelier1 to become brighter, become livelier* * *verb1) to enliven, brighten2) arouse, excite* * *1.VT [+ fuego] to stoke, stoke up; [+ color] to brighten; [+ dolor] to intensify; [+ pasión] to excite, arouse; [+ disputa] to add fuel to; [+ interés] to stimulate; [+ esfuerzo] to revive; [+ efecto] to enhance, heighten; [+ combatientes] to urge on2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo < fuego> to get... going; < color> to make... brighter; <pasión/deseo> to arouse; < dolor> to intensify2.avivarse v pronb) (AmL fam) ( despabilarse) to wise up (colloq)* * *= fuel, be fired with, enliven, quicken, sparkle, stoke, jazz up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.Ex. Children in this state are in a crisis of confidence from which they must be relieved before their set about books can be refreshed and enlivened.Ex. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.Ex. The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.Ex. After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.* * *1.verbo transitivo < fuego> to get... going; < color> to make... brighter; <pasión/deseo> to arouse; < dolor> to intensify2.avivarse v pronb) (AmL fam) ( despabilarse) to wise up (colloq)* * *= fuel, be fired with, enliven, quicken, sparkle, stoke, jazz up, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.Ex: Children in this state are in a crisis of confidence from which they must be relieved before their set about books can be refreshed and enlivened.Ex: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.Ex: After jazzing up her appearance with a new blonde hairdo, she turns up in his office and talks him into taking her out for a meal.Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.* * *avivar [A1 ]vt1 ‹fuego› to get … going2 ‹color› to make … brighter3 ‹sentimiento/pasión/deseo› to arouse; ‹dolor› to make … worse, intensify■ avivarse1 «fuego» to revive, flare up; «debate» to come alive, liven up2 ( AmL fam) (despabilarse) to wise up ( colloq), to buck one's ideas up ( colloq), to get one's act together ( colloq)* * *
avivar ( conjugate avivar) verbo transitivo ‹ fuego› to get … going;
‹ color› to make … brighter;
‹pasión/deseo› to arouse;
‹ dolor› to intensify
avivarse verbo pronominal
[ debate] to come alive, liven up
avivar verbo transitivo
1 (fuego) to stoke (up)
2 (intensificar) to intensify
3 (ir más deprisa) to quicken
' avivar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encender
- espabilar
- inflamar
English:
fan
- stoke
- whip up
- feed
- fire
- fuel
* * *♦ vt1. [fuego] to stoke up2. [color] to brighten3. [sentimiento] to intensify;el asesinato avivó los odios entre las dos comunidades the murder served to fuel the hatred between the two communities4. [polémica] to stir up;[debate] to liven up [informar] to fill sb in* * *v/t1 fuego revive2 interés arouse3:avivar el paso speed up* * *avivar vt1) : to enliven, to brighten2) : to strengthen, to intensify -
27 holgazán
adj.lazy, bum, slothful, do-nothing.m.loafer, bum, dawdler, do-nothing.* * *► adjetivo1 idle, lazy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 lazybones, layabout* * *(f. - holgazana)noun* * *holgazán, -ana1.ADJ idle, lazy2.SM / F idler, loafer, layabout ** * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *I- zana adjetivo lazyII- zana masculino, femenino idler, lazybones (colloq)* * *= bum, shiftless, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Although the results provide support for the 'drunken bum' theory of wife beating, they also demythologize the stereotype because alcohol is shown to be far from a necessary or sufficient cause of wife abuse.
Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *lazyes muy holgazán he's very lazy, he's bone-idle ( BrE)masculine, feminineidler, lazybones ( colloq)* * *
holgazán◊ - zana adjetivo
lazy
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
idler, lazybones (colloq)
holgazán,-ana
I adjetivo lazy, idle
II sustantivo masculino y femenino lazybones inv, layabout
' holgazán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
holgazana
- señorito
- vaga
- vago
- atorrante
- cómodo
- golfo
- huevón
- patán
- perezoso
English:
bum
- do-nothing
- idle
* * *holgazán, -ana♦ adjidle, lazy♦ nm,flayabout, lazybones* * *m idler* * ** * * -
28 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
29 cero
adj.zero.f. & m.zero.m.1 naught, zero (signo).2 nothing.3 zero (temperatura).sobre/bajo cero (en tenis) above/below zerocero absoluto absolute zero* * *1 MATEMÁTICAS zero2 (cifra) nought, zero3 DEPORTE nil\partir de cero figurado to start from scratchser un cero a la izquierda figurado to be useless, be a good-for-nothing* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Fís, Mat) zero2) (Ftbl, Rugby) nil, zero (EEUU)ganaron por tres goles a cero — they won by three goals to nil, they won three nil
empataron a cero — they drew nil-nil, it was a no-score draw
estamos 40 a cero — (Tenis) it's 40-love
3) (Educ) nought4) * (=coche-patrulla) police car* * *a) (Fís, Mat) zero; ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE)tres grados bajo cero — three degrees below zero, minus three degrees
empezar/partir de cero — to start from scratch
ser un cero a la izquierda — to be useless; ( ser un don nadie) (Esp) to be a nobody
b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE); ( en tenis) loveganan por tres a cero — they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil
c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)me puso un cero en física — he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics
* * *= nought, zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.], nil, zero + Nombre, zilch.Ex. Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary.046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator.0 (point nought).Ex. If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.----* bajo cero = below zero, sub-zero, below-freezing.* catalogar partiendo de cero = catalogue + from scratch.* cero a la izquierda = cipher, non-entity, zilch.* cero tolerancia = zero tolerance.* cilindro de cera = wax cylinder.* comenzar de cero = begin + from scratch, start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.* comenzar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* comenzar partiendo de cero = build + from scratch.* compilar partiendo de cero = compile + from scratch.* construir partiendo de cero = construct + from scratch.* crecimiento cero = zero growth.* de coste cero = zero-cost.* desde cero = from the ground up.* disco de cera = wax disc.* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.* lápiz de cera = crayon.* meridiano cero = prime meridian.* papel de cera = greaseproof paper.* partiendo de cero = from scratch, from an empty slate, from the ground up.* partir de cero = begin + from scratch.* ponerse a cero = roll over to + zero.* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.* replantearse todo desde cero = get back to + basics.* temperatura bajo cero = sub-zero temperature.* uno a cero = one down.* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.* zona cero = ground zero.* * *a) (Fís, Mat) zero; ( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE)tres grados bajo cero — three degrees below zero, minus three degrees
empezar/partir de cero — to start from scratch
ser un cero a la izquierda — to be useless; ( ser un don nadie) (Esp) to be a nobody
b) (en fútbol, rugby) zero (AmE), nil (BrE); ( en tenis) loveganan por tres a cero — they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil
c) (Educ) zero, nought (BrE)me puso un cero en física — he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physics
* * *= nought, zero [zeroes/zeros, -pl.], nil, zero + Nombre, zilch.Ex: Freeze drying is denoted by the special auxiliary.046 and introduced in a class mark by the facet indicator.0 (point nought).
Ex: If the first digit of the number is zero, the material type is not encoded in the bard-coded label.Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.* bajo cero = below zero, sub-zero, below-freezing.* catalogar partiendo de cero = catalogue + from scratch.* cero a la izquierda = cipher, non-entity, zilch.* cero tolerancia = zero tolerance.* cilindro de cera = wax cylinder.* comenzar de cero = begin + from scratch, start from + scratch, start at + ground zero.* comenzar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* comenzar partiendo de cero = build + from scratch.* compilar partiendo de cero = compile + from scratch.* construir partiendo de cero = construct + from scratch.* crecimiento cero = zero growth.* de coste cero = zero-cost.* desde cero = from the ground up.* disco de cera = wax disc.* empezar de cero = start at + ground zero.* empezar desde cero = start at + ground zero.* introducir datos partiendo de cero = enter from + scratch.* lápiz de cera = crayon.* meridiano cero = prime meridian.* papel de cera = greaseproof paper.* partiendo de cero = from scratch, from an empty slate, from the ground up.* partir de cero = begin + from scratch.* ponerse a cero = roll over to + zero.* por debajo de cero = sub-zero, below-freezing.* presupuesto de base cero = zero-base(d) budgeting (ZZB), zero-base(d) budget.* reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.* rellenar con ceros los espacios vacíos = zero fill.* replantearse todo desde cero = get back to + basics.* temperatura bajo cero = sub-zero temperature.* uno a cero = one down.* volver a empezar de cero = be back to square one, go back to + square one.* zona cero = ground zero.* * *tres grados bajo cero three degrees below zero, minus three degreesse inició a las cero horas de hoy it began at midnight last nighttengo la cuenta a cero I don't have a penny in my accountcero coma cinco zero point five, nought point five ( BrE)empezar/partir de cero to start from scratchvolvió a empezar de cero he started again from scratchcero al as ( RPl fam): de electricidad, cero al as when it comes to electricity I don't have a clue ( colloq)ganan por tres a cero they're winning three-nothing, they're winning three-zero o three-zip ( AmE), they're winning three-nil ( BrE)ganaba 40 a cero she was winning 40-loveme puso un cero en física he gave me zero o nought out of ten in physicsCompuestos:absolute zero(CS) new car* * *
cero sustantivo masculinoa) (Fís, Mat) zero;
( en números de teléfono) zero (AmE), oh (BrE);
empezar or partir de cero to start from scratch;
ser un cero a la izquierda to be useless
( en tenis) love;◊ ganan por tres a cero they're winning three-zero (AmE) o (BrE) three-nil
cero sustantivo masculino
1 zero
2 Dep nil: ganaron dos a cero, they won two nil
Tenis love
♦ Locuciones: figurado partir de cero, to start from scratch
figurado ser un cero a la izquierda, to be good-for-nothing
a cero, (sin nada) tengo la cuenta corriente a cero, my current account is empty
córteme el pelo al cero, shave my head
' cero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- empate
- guión
- izquierda
- izquierdo
- grado
- meridiano
- pelar
- zona
English:
below
- crew cut
- freezing
- love
- minus
- nil
- nothing
- nought
- O
- reset
- scratch
- sub-zero
- temperature
- win
- zero
- degree
- ground
- naught
- over
- square
* * *♦ adj invzero♦ númzero;ver también tres♦ nm1. [número] nought, zero;la reserva está a cero the fuel gauge is at empty;cortarse el pelo al cero to shave one's head, to cut all one's hair off;sacó un cero en física he got zero in physics;acelera de cero a cien en seis segundos it goes from nought o zero to a hundred in six seconds;la inflación experimentó un crecimiento cero there was no increase in the rate of inflation;ser un cero a la izquierda [inútil] to be useless;[don nadie] to be a nobody2. [cantidad] nothing;[en fútbol, hockey, rugby] Br nil, US zero; [en tenis] love;llevan tres empates a cero consecutivos they have had three goalless o scoreless draws in a row3. [temperatura] zero;sobre/bajo cero above/below zero;hace 5 grados bajo cero it's minus 5cero absoluto absolute zeroun video cero kilómetro a brand-new video;muy Famuna mujer cero kilómetro a cherry* * *m1 zero;bajo/sobre cero below/above zero;empezar desde cero fig start from scratch;quedarse a cero fig be left with nothing;ser un cero a la izquierda fam be a nonentity;pelado al cero with one’s head shavennought3 DEP zero, Brnil; en tenis love;vencer por tres a cero win three-zero* * *cero nm: zero* * *cero n1. (en general) nought / zeroestamos a cinco grados bajo cero it's five below zero / it's minus five2. (en deporte) nil3. (teléfonos)Se escribe como un cero (0), pero se lee com la letra Omi teléfono es treinta y nueve, catorce, cero cinco my phone number is three, nine, one, four, O, five -
30 gandul
adj.lazy, loafing, truant, slothful.f. & m.loafer, idler, good-for-nothing, shirker.* * *► adjetivo1 lazy, idle► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 idler, loafer, lazybones, slacker* * *gandul, -a1.ADJ (=holgazán) idle, slack; (=inútil) good-for-nothing2.SM / F (=holgazán) idler, slacker; (=inútil) good-for-nothing* * *- dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)* * *= dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex. Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.Ex. Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex. There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex. This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *- dula masculino, femenino (fam) lazybones (colloq)* * *= dodger, lazybones, layabout, idler.Ex: Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
Ex: Many see his art as a vocation for lazybones and social misfits.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.Ex: This magazine prints essays and stories that celebrate the joyful life of an idler.* * *masculine, feminine* * *
gandul
gandul,-ula sustantivo masculino y femenino loafer
' gandul' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gandula
- vaga
- vago
English:
skiver
* * *gandul, -ula Fam♦ adjlazy♦ nm,flazybones, layabout* * *I adj idleII m, gandula f lazybones sg* * ** * *gandul2 n lazybones -
31 molestar
v.1 to bother.perdone que le moleste… I'm sorry to bother you…¿le molesta que fume? do you mind if I smoke?Sus palabras acedaron a María His words Maryoyed Mary.2 to upset.me molestó que no me saludaras I was rather upset that you didn't say hello to me3 to be bothered by.Me molesta ese ruido I am bothered by that noise.4 to ail.* * *1 (interrumpir) to disturb■ no lo molestes, que está durmiendo don't disturb him, he's asleep2 (perturbar) to bother, annoy, upset3 (importunar) to pester■ ¡deja de molestarme ya! stop pestering me!4 (hacer daño - apretar) to hurt, be too tight; (- picar) to irritate5 (ofender) to upset1 (tomarse la molestia) to bother■ no se moleste en venir, ya se lo mandaremos a casa don't bother coming, we'll send it round to you2 (ofenderse) to take offence* * *verb1) to annoy, bother2) disturb3) trouble•* * *1. VT1) (=importunar) to bother, annoy¿no la estarán molestando, verdad? — they're not bothering o annoying you, are they?
no la molestes más con tus tonterías — stop pestering o bothering o annoying her with your silly games
2) (=interrumpir) to disturbsiento molestarte, pero necesito que me ayudes — I'm sorry to disturb o trouble o bother you, but I need your help
3) (=ofender) to upset2. VI1) (=importunar) to be a nuisancequita de en medio, que siempre estás molestando — get out of the way, you're always being a nuisance
no quisiera molestar, pero necesito hablar contigo — I don't want to bother you o be a nuisance, but I need to talk to you
me molesta mucho que me hablen así — it really annoys o irritates me when they talk to me like that
ese ruido me molesta — that noise is bothering o annoying o irritating me
me molesta el jarrón, ¿puedes apartarlo? — the vase is in the way, can you move it?
2) (=incomodar) to feel uncomfortable, bother¿te molesta el humo? — does the smoke bother you?
si le sigue molestando, acuda a su médico — if it goes on giving you trouble, see your doctor
3) (=ofender) to upset4) (=importar)[en preguntas]¿le molesta la radio? — does the radio bother you?, do you mind the radio being on?
¿te molestaría prestarme un paraguas? — would you mind lending me an umbrella?
¿le molesta que abra la ventana o si abro la ventana? — do you mind if I open the window?
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( importunar) to botherperdone que lo moleste — sorry to trouble o bother you
b) ( interrumpir) to disturb2) (ofender, disgustar) to upset2.molestar vi1) ( importunar) (+me/te/le etc)¿no te molesta ese ruido? — doesn't that noise bother you?
¿le molesta si fumo? — do you mind if I smoke?
me molesta su arrogancia — her arrogance irritates o annoys me
no me duele, pero me molesta — it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
2) ( fastidiar) to be a nuisanceno quiero molestar — I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble
3.vino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar — he came to help, but he just made a nuisance of himself
molestarsev pron1) ( disgustarse) to get upsetse molestó por lo que le dije — he was upset o offended by what I said
2) ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml)no se moleste — it's all right o please, don't bother
¿para qué vas a molestarte? — why should you put yourself out?
molestarse EN + INF: ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call me; se molestó en venir a verme — she took the trouble to come and see me
* * *= bother, irk, pester, disrupt, irritate, trouble, hassle, bug, tread on + toes, spite, annoy, nag (at), disturb, upset, niggle, importune, gall, peeve.Ex. Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.Ex. She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.Ex. Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.Ex. This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.Ex. Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.Ex. I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.Ex. For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.Ex. Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.Ex. Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Ex. Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.Ex. He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.Ex. Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.----* molestarse = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique.* molestarse por = be bothered by, bridle at.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( importunar) to botherperdone que lo moleste — sorry to trouble o bother you
b) ( interrumpir) to disturb2) (ofender, disgustar) to upset2.molestar vi1) ( importunar) (+me/te/le etc)¿no te molesta ese ruido? — doesn't that noise bother you?
¿le molesta si fumo? — do you mind if I smoke?
me molesta su arrogancia — her arrogance irritates o annoys me
no me duele, pero me molesta — it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
2) ( fastidiar) to be a nuisanceno quiero molestar — I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble
3.vino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar — he came to help, but he just made a nuisance of himself
molestarsev pron1) ( disgustarse) to get upsetse molestó por lo que le dije — he was upset o offended by what I said
2) ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml)no se moleste — it's all right o please, don't bother
¿para qué vas a molestarte? — why should you put yourself out?
molestarse EN + INF: ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call me; se molestó en venir a verme — she took the trouble to come and see me
* * *= bother, irk, pester, disrupt, irritate, trouble, hassle, bug, tread on + toes, spite, annoy, nag (at), disturb, upset, niggle, importune, gall, peeve.Ex: Why bother, then, to create an alphabetical index to the classified file when you already have a printed alphabetical index to the schedules of the classification scheme?.
Ex: She had been told from time to time that he seemed to derive satisfaction from needling the staff, but she had never been able to pin down specifically what he does that irks them.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: Essentially, problem patrons can be considered in three groups: (1) the dangerous or apparently dangerous; (2) the patron who disrupts readers; and (3) the nuisance whose focus is the librarian.Ex: Their education must accordingly be designed to prepare them for that future, however much this may irritate the myopics whose only concern is for the present.Ex: This is a problem that has frequently troubled teachers.Ex: Richins also included inconveniences such as special trips to complain, time and effort required to fill out form, being treated rudely, and having to hassle someone.Ex: I have a question that has been bugging me since I upgraded to ProCite 5 some time ago.Ex: For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.Ex: Men's abuse of children is in many instances instrumental in order to coerce or retaliate against women, echoing the Greek myth of Medea who killed her own children to spite her father.Ex: Library pests are any humans, large or microscopic beasts, library equipment or installations, or chemical and biological substances that hamper or annoy the reader.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Transcribe the data as found, however, if case endings are affected, if the grammatical construction of the data would be disturbed, or if one element is inseparably linked to another.Ex: Especially if the new subject is one which upsets the previous structure of relationships, it will be difficult to fit into the existing order.Ex: He was under the knife last week to treat the knee problem that has been niggling him.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: It was the American attitude of superiority that galled them the most.Ex: Things like talking over the performances and cutting to commercials in the middle of performances were really peaving the people who watched.* molestarse = stir + uneasily, get + Posesivo + knickers in a twist, get + Posesivo + panties in a bundle, begrudge, grudge, pique.* molestarse por = be bothered by, bridle at.* * *molestar [A1 ]vtA1 (importunar) to botherperdone que lo moleste, pero quisiera pedirle algo sorry to trouble o bother you, but I'd like to ask you something¿este señor la está molestando, señorita? is this man bothering you, Miss?2 (interrumpir) to disturbno la molestes, está estudiando don't disturb her, she's studyingque no me moleste nadie, voy a dormir un rato don't let anybody disturb me, I'm going to take a napB (ofender, disgustar) to upsetperdona si te he molestado I'm sorry if I've upset you■ molestarviA(importunar): ¿no te molesta ese ruido? doesn't that noise bother you?[ S ] se ruega no molestar please do not disturb¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys meya sabes que me molesta que hables de él you know I don't like you to talk about him, you know I get upset o it upsets me when you talk about himnunca uso pulseras, me molestan para trabajar I never wear bracelets, they get in the way when I'm workingno me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable o it bothers mesi le molesta mucho, puedo ponerle una inyección if it's very sore o painful, I could give you an injectionB (fastidiar) to be a nuisancesi vas a molestar, te vas de clase if you're going to be a nuisance, you can leave the classroomvino a ayudar pero no hizo más que molestar he came to help, but he just got in the way o made a nuisance of himselfson unos niños encantadores, nunca molestan they're lovely children, they're never any trouble o they're no trouble at allno quiero molestar I don't want to be a nuisance o to get in the way o to cause any troubleA (disgustarse) to get upsetno debes molestarte, lo hizo sin querer don't get upset, he didn't mean to do itmolestarse POR algo:se molestó por algo he got upset about somethingespero que no se haya molestado por lo que le dije I hope you weren't upset o offended by what I saidmolestarse CON algn to get annoyed WITH sb, get cross WITH sb ( BrE)se molestó conmigo porque no lo invité he got annoyed o cross with me because I didn't invite him, he was put out o upset because I didn't invite himB (tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself ( frml)no se moleste, me voy enseguida it's all right o please, don't bother o don't worry, I'm just leavingno se molesta por nadie, sólo piensa en él he doesn't bother o worry about anybody else, all he thinks about is himself¿para qué vas a molestarte? why should you put yourself out?molestarse EN + INF:ni se molestó en llamarme he didn't even bother to call mese molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come o she went to the trouble of coming all this way to tell usyo no me voy a molestar en cocinar para ellos I'm not going to put myself out cooking for them* * *
molestar ( conjugate molestar) verbo transitivo
1
◊ perdone que lo moleste sorry to trouble o bother you
2 (ofender, disgustar) to upset
verbo intransitivo
1 ( importunar):◊ ¿le molesta si fumo? do you mind if I smoke?;
me molesta su arrogancia her arrogance irritates o annoys me;
no me duele, pero me molesta it doesn't hurt but it's uncomfortable
2 ( fastidiar) to be a nuisance;◊ no quiero molestar I don't want to be a nuisance o to cause any trouble
molestarse verbo pronominal
1 ( disgustarse) to get upset;
molestarse POR algo to get upset about sth;
molestarse CON algn to get annoyed with sb
2 ( tomarse el trabajo) to bother, trouble oneself (frml);
se molestó en venir hasta aquí a avisarnos she took the trouble to come all this way to tell us
molestar verbo transitivo
1 (causar enojo, incomodidad) to disturb, bother: ¿le molestaría contestar a unas preguntas?, would you mind answering some questions?
me molesta que grites, it annoys me when you shout
2 (causar dolor, incomodidad) to hurt
' molestar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dañar
- dejar
- hartar
- jambar
- jorobar
- marear
- picar
- reventar
- ruido
- sino
- vivir
- chingar
- chocar
- chorear
- embromar
- enredar
- fastidiar
- fregar
- huevear
- importar
- joder
- nomás
- solo
English:
aggravate
- annoy
- bother
- bug
- disturb
- gall
- inconvenience
- intrude
- irk
- irritate
- nettle
- pester
- put out
- roil
- trouble
- worry
- heckler
- impose
- put
- spite
* * *♦ vt1. [perturbar] to bother;el calor no me molesta the heat doesn't bother me;esa luz tan brillante me molesta that bright light is hurting my eyes;deja ya de molestar al gato leave the cat alone;¡deja de molestarme! stop annoying me!;¿te están molestando los niños? are the children bothering you?;las moscas no paraban de molestarnos the flies were a real nuisance;¿te molesta la radio? is the radio bothering you?;¿te molesta si abro la ventana? do you mind if I open the window?;perdone que le moleste… I'm sorry to bother you…me molesta un poco la herida my wound is rather uncomfortable o a bit sore;vuelva dentro de un mes si le sigue molestando come back in a month's time if it's still troubling you3. [ofender] to upset;me molestó que no me saludaras I was rather upset that you didn't say hello to me;… todo esto dicho sin ánimo de molestar a nadie I don't want to cause anyone offence but…♦ vivámonos, aquí no hacemos más que molestar let's go, we're in the way here;deja ya de molestar con tantas preguntas stop being such a nuisance and asking all those questions;¿molesto? – no, no, pasa am I interrupting? – no, not at all, come in;no querría molestar, pero necesito hablar contigo un momento I don't want to interrupt, but I need to have a word with you;puedes aparcar el camión allí, que no molesta you can park the truck over there where it won't be in the way;no molestar [en letrero] do not disturb* * *v/t1 bother, annoy2 ( doler) trouble;no molestar do not disturb* * *molestar vt1) fastidiar: to annoy, to bother2) : to disturb, to disruptmolestar vi: to be a nuisance* * *molestar vb1. (interrumpir) to disturbno lo molestes, está descansando don't disturb him he's resting2. (importunar) to bother5. (importar) to mind¿le molesta que fume? do you mind if I smoke? -
32 regañón
adj.scolding, grumbling, grumpy, nagging.m.grumbler, nag, grouch, grump.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar grumpy, irritable► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 grumbler, moaner* * *ADJ (=gruñón) grumbling; [mujer] nagging* * *I- ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)II- ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grumbler (colloq)* * *= nag, shrewish.Ex. No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.* * *I- ñona adjetivo (fam) grumpy (colloq)II- ñona masculino, femenino (fam) grumbler (colloq)* * *= nag, shrewish.Ex: No supervisor should be a tiresome nag, but the achievements and failings of a persons's performance deserves mention in a constructive way at timely, regular intervals.
Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.* * *masculine, feminine( fam)* * *regañón, -ona♦ adjes muy regañón he's always telling people off for nothing♦ nm,fes un regañón he's always telling people off for nothing* * * -
33 trasto
m.1 piece of junk.trastos junk2 menace, nuisance (informal) (persona traviesa).3 kitchen utensil.* * *1 (algo inútil) piece of junk2 familiar (cosa cualquiera) thing, thingamajig, whatnot3 (mueble) piece of furniture2 familiar (pertenencias) belongings, things\coger los trastos / liar los trastos to pack up and leaveser un trasto viejo to be a dead losstirarse los trastos a la cabeza figurado to have a blazing row* * *SM1) (=cosa inútil) piece of junktrastos viejos — junk sing, rubbish sing, garbage sing (EEUU)
4) * (=persona inútil) good-for-nothing, dead loss *5) * (=niño) little rascal* * *1) (fam) ( cosa inservible) piece of junk (colloq)tirarse los trastos a la cabeza — (fam) to have a fight
2) trastos masculino plural (Esp fam) ( pertenencias)mis/tus trastos — my/your stuff (colloq)
* * *= contraption.Ex. If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.----* irse al trasto = go + pear-shaped.* * *1) (fam) ( cosa inservible) piece of junk (colloq)tirarse los trastos a la cabeza — (fam) to have a fight
2) trastos masculino plural (Esp fam) ( pertenencias)mis/tus trastos — my/your stuff (colloq)
* * *= contraption.Ex: If you are in cahoots with the circle of power, you get your projects approved in no time, and in some cases, you can build the most hideous and unsightly contraption.
* irse al trasto = go + pear-shaped.* * *siempre tienen la casa llena de trastos their house is always full of junkel cuarto de los trastos the junk o lumber roomtiramos muchos trastos viejos we threw out a lot of old junk o ( BrE) rubbisheste coche está hecho un trasto this car is a wreck ( colloq)¡siempre dejas todos los trastos por el suelo! you're always leaving your bits and pieces o your junk o your stuff all over the floor ( colloq)B1 ( Esp fam) (niño revoltoso) little devil o rascal ( colloq), little mischief o scamp ( BrE colloq)* * *
trasto sustantivo masculino (fam) ( cosa inservible) piece of junk (colloq);
trasto sustantivo masculino
1 (cosa vieja, inútil) piece of junk: este coche es un trasto, this car is a pile of junk
2 (objetos desordenados, cachivaches) junk: recoge tus trastos y márchate, take your things and clear off
2 (niño travieso) naughty boy, little monkey
♦ Locuciones: familiar tirarse los trastos a la cabeza, to have a blazing row
' trasto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pilla
- pillo
- cachivache
- carraca
- cascajo
- chisme
- coroto
* * *trasto nm1. [utensilio inútil] piece of junk;trastos junk;la habitación está llena de trastos the room is full of junk;tirarse los trastos a la cabeza to have a flaming rowpero ¡qué trasto estás hecho! you're a right little menace, aren't you!llévate tus trastos take your stuff with you* * *m1 desp piece of junk;tirarse los trastos a la cabeza fam have a big fight2 persona good-for-nothing* * *trasto n1. (cosa vieja) piece of junk2. (niño travieso) little devil -
34 pelafustán
f. & m.good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well.* * *pelafustán, -anaSM / F layabout, good-for-nothing* * *masculine, feminine -
35 balarrasa
f. & m.1 reckless fellow, hothead.2 booze.m.good-for-nothing (informal).* * *1 good-for-nothing* * *balarrasa nmFam good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well -
36 bruja
f.1 witch, sorceress.2 hag (informal) (ugly woman).3 vixen, old bag, old hag, bitch.4 crone, harridan.5 barn owl.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: brujir.* * *1 (hechicera) witch2 (mujer - fea) old hag; (- malintencionada) witch* * *noun f.* * *1.ADJestar bruja — Caribe, Méx ** to be broke *, be flat (EEUU) *
ando bien bruja — ** I'm skint **
2. SF1) (=hechicera) witch4) (Orn) barn owl* * *1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth* * *= witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.Ex. Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.Ex. Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.Ex. The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.Ex. Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.Ex. On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.Ex. Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.Ex. Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.Ex. About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.Ex. The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.----* bieja bruja = old hag.* caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.* vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.* * *1) ( mujer antipática) (fam) witch (colloq), old hag (colloq); ver tb brujo II2) (AmC, Col) (Zool) moth* * *= witch, bitch, dragon lady, shrewish, evil old woman, sorceress, old hag, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.Ex: Recently parents and concerned citizens have increasingly challenged library books that feature witches, demons and the devil whether in fiction, mythology or mysticism.
Ex: Scarlett O'Hara, the main character, is portrayed as both a scheming bitch and hard-nosed survivor.Ex: The impassive Diane is portrayed early on as the office dragon lady, bossing about her underling.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.Ex: Its origin is a German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.Ex: On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city -- there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.Ex: Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.Ex: Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.Ex: About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.Ex: The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.* bieja bruja = old hag.* caza de brujas = witch-hunt, witch hunting.* vieja bruja = evil old woman, harridan, hag, old bag, old crone, old bat.* * *B (AmC, Col) ( Zool) moth* * *
bruja sustantivo femenino
1 witch, sorceress
2 fig (mujer antipática) old bag
' bruja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mientras
- chicha
- escoba
English:
bitch
- cow
- hag
- sorceress
- witch
- change
* * *♦ nf1. [hechicera] witch, sorceress♦ adjCAm, Carib, Méx Fam* * *f1 witch;caza de brujas tb fig witch hunt2 Méx:andar oestar bruja fam be broke fam* * * -
37 pierna
f.1 leg.cruzar las piernas to cross one's legsdormir a pierna suelta to sleep like a logestirar las piernas to stretch one's legssalir por piernas (informal) to go haring off, to take to one's heelspierna de cordero gigot, leg of lamb (plato)pierna ortopédica artificial leg2 shank.* * *1 leg* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (Anat) legmañana iremos hasta el pueblo para hacer piernas — we'll walk into the village tomorrow to get some exercise o for the exercise
2) (=muslo de animal) leg3) [de letra] stroke; [con pluma] downstroke4) Cono Sur player* * *Ia) (Anat) legabrirse de piernas — ( en gimnasia) to do the splits
dormir a pierna suelta — to sleep the sleep of the death
hacer piernas — ( andar) (fam) to have a walk
salir por piernas — (fam) to take to one's heels, leg it (colloq)
b) (Coc) legIIadjetivo invariable (RPl fam)andá, sé pierna y prestánoslo — come on, be a sport and lend it to us
* * *= cheek, leg.Ex. The chief members of the impression carriage were two upright cheeks about 2 m. high and placed 60-65 cm. apart, carrying between them the winter and, above it, the head, two massive cross timbers mortised into the cheeks which contained the vertical thrust of the impression.Ex. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.----* calienta piernas = leg warmers.* carrera de tres piernas = three-legged race.* con el rabo entre las piernas = with a flea in + Posesivo + ear.* con piernas = legged.* con una pierna a cada lado de = astride.* cruzar las piernas = cross + Posesivo + legs, fold + Posesivo + legs.* cruzarse de piernas = fold + Posesivo + legs.* de dos piernas = two-legged.* entrecruzar las piernas = overlap + legs.* espacio para las piernas = legroom.* estirar las piernas = stretch + Posesivo + legs.* flexión de piernas = squat.* pierna de cordero = leg of lamb.* salir por piernas = make + a hasty exit.* sitio para las piernas = legroom.* * *Ia) (Anat) legabrirse de piernas — ( en gimnasia) to do the splits
dormir a pierna suelta — to sleep the sleep of the death
hacer piernas — ( andar) (fam) to have a walk
salir por piernas — (fam) to take to one's heels, leg it (colloq)
b) (Coc) legIIadjetivo invariable (RPl fam)andá, sé pierna y prestánoslo — come on, be a sport and lend it to us
* * *= cheek, leg.Ex: The chief members of the impression carriage were two upright cheeks about 2 m. high and placed 60-65 cm. apart, carrying between them the winter and, above it, the head, two massive cross timbers mortised into the cheeks which contained the vertical thrust of the impression.
Ex: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.* calienta piernas = leg warmers.* carrera de tres piernas = three-legged race.* con el rabo entre las piernas = with a flea in + Posesivo + ear.* con piernas = legged.* con una pierna a cada lado de = astride.* cruzar las piernas = cross + Posesivo + legs, fold + Posesivo + legs.* cruzarse de piernas = fold + Posesivo + legs.* de dos piernas = two-legged.* entrecruzar las piernas = overlap + legs.* espacio para las piernas = legroom.* estirar las piernas = stretch + Posesivo + legs.* flexión de piernas = squat.* pierna de cordero = leg of lamb.* salir por piernas = make + a hasty exit.* sitio para las piernas = legroom.* * *1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) legcon las piernas cruzadas cross-leggedla falda le llega a media pierna the skirt is calf length on herdormir a pierna suelta ( fam); to sleep the sleep of the deadestirar las piernas to stretch one's legs(hacer ejercicio) ( fam) to do leg exercisesla mujer honrada, la pierna quebrada y en casa a woman's place is in the homeser pierna ( RPl):soy pierna para casi todo I’m ready for just about anything2 ( Coc) legpierna de cordero leg of lambpierna de vaca round of beef( RPl fam): es un tipo pierna para todo he's the sort of guy who's game for o who's on for o who'll try anything ( colloq)andá, sé pierna y prestánoslo come on, be a sport and lend it to us* * *
pierna sustantivo femeninoa) (Anat) leg;
abrirse de piernas ( en gimnasia) to do the splitsb) (Coc) leg;
pierna sustantivo femenino leg
♦ Locuciones: dormir a pierna suelta, to sleep soundly
salir por piernas, to take to one's heels
' pierna' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calambre
- consiguientemente
- daño
- dormida
- dormido
- entablillar
- escopetazo
- hormigueo
- izquierda
- izquierdo
- puñalada
- raja
- saltar
- adormecer
- amputar
- atravesar
- balancear
- cortar
- dormir
- enyesar
- flexionar
- hinchado
- hinchar
- lesionar
- mutilar
- ortopédico
- pata
- pellizco
- quebrar
- romper
- rozar
- sensibilidad
- tirón
English:
artificial
- bandage
- bend
- broken
- cock
- dead
- exempt
- gash
- growth
- injured
- leg
- shoot off
- stick
- calipers
- hit
- hurt
- move
- plaster
- throb
* * *pierna1 nf1. [de persona, animal] leg;cruzar las piernas to cross one's legs;estirar las piernas to stretch one's legs;Famdormir a pierna suelta to sleep like a log;Famsalir por piernas to leg itpierna ortopédica artificial leg2. [cocinada] legpierna de cordero [plato] gigot, leg of lambpierna2 adjRP Famser pierna to be game for anything* * *f leg;pierna ortopédica artificial leg;dormir a pierna suelta sleep like a log;salir por piernas fam hotfoot it fam, make o.s. scarce* * *pierna nf: leg* * *pierna n leg -
38 aquí y allá
(adj.) = here and there, oddEx. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.Ex. For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation.* * *(adj.) = here and there, oddEx: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.
Ex: For example, review articles are expected to be supported by extensive bibliographies, whilst it is unusual for a letter to carry more than the odd citation. -
39 contagiar
v.to infect (person).me has contagiado el resfriado you've given me your coldcontagió su entusiasmo a sus compañeros he passed his enthusiasm on to his companions* * *1 (enfermedad) to transmit, pass on2 figurado to infect, pass on, give1 (enfermar) to get infected2 (transmitirse) to be contagious* * *verb1) to infect2) transmit•* * *1. VT1) (Med) [+ enfermedad] to pass on, transmit frm, give (a to)[+ víctima] to infect ( con with)2) (fig) (=transmitir) to infect ( con with)2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < enfermedad> (+ me/te/le etc) to pass on, transmit (tech)b) < persona>2.contagiarse v prona) persona/animal to become infectedcontagiarse de algo: se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease; se contagiaron de su alegría — they were infected by his cheerfulness
b) enfermedad to be transmitted; manía/miedo to spread* * *= infect, spill over into, set + Nombre + off.Ex. For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.Ex. The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.Ex. This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.----* contagiarse = catch + the fever, rub off on.* contagiarse a = have + a rub-off effect on.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < enfermedad> (+ me/te/le etc) to pass on, transmit (tech)b) < persona>2.contagiarse v prona) persona/animal to become infectedcontagiarse de algo: se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease; se contagiaron de su alegría — they were infected by his cheerfulness
b) enfermedad to be transmitted; manía/miedo to spread* * *= infect, spill over into, set + Nombre + off.Ex: For, methinks, the present condition of man is like a field, where battle hath been lately fought, where we may see many legs, and arms, and eyes lying here and there, which, for want of a union, and a soul to quicken and enliven them, are good for nothing, but to feed ravens, and infect the air.
Ex: The artificiality of institutional concepts has spilled over into the structure of the publishing services on which the user depends for Community information.Ex: This local tale could have been used to set me and my classmates off on a search for other similar stories that litter the area up and down the east coast of Britain.* contagiarse = catch + the fever, rub off on.* contagiarse a = have + a rub-off effect on.* * *contagiar [A1 ]vt‹enfermedad› (+ me/te/le etc) to pass on, transmit ( tech)me ha contagiado la gripe que tenía she has given me her flu o passed her flu on to meal final me contagió su miedo in the end he got me scared as well1 «persona/animal» to become infectedPedrito tiene sarampión y ahora se ha contagiado Cristina Pedrito has measles and now Cristina has caught itcontagiarse DE algo:se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the diseasetodos se contagiaron de su alegría everyone was infected by his cheerfulness2 «enfermedad» to spread, be transmitted; «manía/miedo» to spreadla varicela se contagia con mucha facilidad chickenpox is very contagious* * *
contagiar ( conjugate contagiar) verbo transitivo ‹ enfermedad› to pass on, transmit (tech);
‹ persona› to infect;
no te acerques que te voy a contagiar don't come near or I'll give it to you
contagiarse verbo pronominal
[manía/miedo] to spread;
se contagió de la enfermedad she caught the disease
contagiar verbo transitivo Med (enfermedad) to infect with o spread
' contagiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pasar
- pegar
English:
infect
- pass
* * *♦ vt1. [persona] to infect;[enfermedad] to transmit;me has contagiado el resfriado you've given me your cold2. [risa, entusiasmo]contagió su entusiasmo a sus compañeros he infected his companions with his enthusiasm;contagiado por el buen ambiente reinante, decidió salir a bailar caught up in the general happy atmosphere, he decided to have a dance* * *v/t:contagiar la gripe a alguien give s.o. the flu;nos contagió su entusiasmo he infected us with his enthusiasm* * *contagiar vt1) : to infect2) : to transmit (a disease)* * * -
40 de mal genio
(adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-naturedEx. He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex. Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex. For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex. He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.* * *(adj.) = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-naturedEx: He was a brave novelist but also bad-tempered, churlish and subject to fits of rage.
Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.Ex: Offended by the idea of an addict selling sneakers to kids, he launched into a curmudgeonly rant.Ex: For this crusty author as well as for that young one having fun being famous is what matters = Tanto para este autor hosco como para aquel autor joven, ser famoso es lo que importa.Ex: He was a rag-and-bone man living with his irascible father in a junkyard with only their horse for company.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
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